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Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...

Mar 23, 2024

A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carryin...

Mar 23, 2024

Russian detains 11 people after concert hall attack claimed by Islamic State

MOSCOW (AP) - Eleven people have been detained after an attack at a Moscow concert hall that killed 60, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, accordi...

Mar 23, 2024

What we know and don't know about Kate's cancer diagnosis

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy - though in a video announcement Friday, she did not say what kind of cancer or reveal details of her trea...

Mar 22, 2024

Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin Mc...

Mar 22, 2024

Texas school bus with more 40 students crashes, killing 2 people, authorities say

BASTROP, Texas (AP) - A school bus carrying more than 40 prekindergarten students on a field trip collided with a concrete truck and rolled over Friday in Texas, killing two people, authorities said. ...

Mar 22, 2024

MLB launches investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter Ippei Mizuhara following gambling reports

NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into illegal gambling and theft allegations involving Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Mizu...

Mar 22, 2024

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Maria Machado names substitute while she fights ban

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado on Friday named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a government ban on her running for office. The an...

Mar 22, 2024

Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on Moscow concert hall crowds, killing and wounding several people

MOSCOW (AP) - Several gunmen burst into a big concert hall on the edge of Moscow on Friday and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, injuring an unspecified number of people and starting a massive ...

Mar 22, 2024

House approves $1.2 trillion package of spending bills before shutdown deadline, Senate up next

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly si...

Mar 22, 2024